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Interchem Swine Spring/Summer Newsletter 2020

Mycoplasma

hyopneumoniae (MHyo)

One shot vaccine administered at A lung score can be carried comparison reports throughout
3 weeks of age. Single injection out in the factory prior to the vaccination programme
providing early and long-lasting starting the vaccination are available from your vet or a
protection. Broad stimutlation programme and every 6 member of Interchem’s Swine
of the immune system with months thereafter to monitor Team.
Imuvant™. pig performance. Progress and

Interchem’s Diagnostic Services

Interchem has a strong range of strain you are positive for will mean highest challenge of Salmonella is
diagnostic services available and quicker results in terms of pig on your farm, Interchem’s diagnos
this range has grown since the ac- performance and will make it easier tics can help
quisition of IDT in January 2020. for your vet to prescribe a vaccine • Oedema Disease diagnostics:
Diagnostic tools are vital in preven- • Actinobacillus Pleuropneumoniae Faecal samples and/or intestinal
tative medicine, making it possible (APP) diagnostics (piglet): Piglets samples are taken to determine
to get fast, accurate information are blood tested at varying ages. whether or not your pigs are
about the health status of your herd. This will tell us when maternal anti positive for Shigatoxin and are
Please contact your vet for further bodies are no longer protecting suffering from oedema disease
information. your piglets, and therefore when • Anaemia/iron deficiency: As dis
the correct age to vaccinate is cussed in the Iron Deficiency
Interchem’s diagnostic services are • Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae Anaemia piece, Lisa is available
as follows; (MHyo) diagnostics: Mycoplasma as part of Interchem’s haemoglo
• Flu diagnostics (sow and piglet). Hyopneumoniae can be diag bin testing service
What strain of flu are your pigs/ nosed through our CLP pro
sows positive for? It may be more gramme For more information on any of the
than one. • Salmonella diagnostics: If you above, contact your vet.
• Using the correct vaccine for the would like to find out where the

Contact Interchem’s Swine Team:

Colum Killeen Lisa Hopkins
Swine Business Unit Manager Swine Technical Specialist
Tel: 087 250 8159 Tel: 086 701 3844
Email: colum.killeen@interchem.ie Email: lisa.hopkins@interchem.ie

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